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his body more blood than commonly such crea- 

 tures afford. Notwithstanding all this, we cooked 

 him and eat him ; and if he was designed for him, 

 cheated the devil. The Indians keep many cocks, 

 but seldom above one hen, using, very often, such 

 wicked sacrifices, as I mistrusted this fowl was 

 designed for. Our guide and landlord, Enoe "Will, 

 was one of the best and most agreeable temper 

 that ever I met with in an Indian, being always 

 ready to serve the English, not out of gain, but 

 real affection ; which makes him apprehensive of 

 being poisoned by some wicked Indians, and was 

 therefore very earnest with me, to promise him to 

 revenge his death, if it should so happen. He 

 brought some of his chief men into his cabin, and 

 two of them having a drum, and a rattle, sung by 

 us as we lay in bed, and struck up their music to 

 serenade and welcome us to their town. And 

 though at last, we fell asleep, yet they continued 

 their concert till morning. These Indians are fortifi- 

 ed in as the former, and are much addicted to a sport 

 they call Chenco, which is carried on with a staff 

 and a bowl made of stone, which they trundle up- 

 on a smooth place like a bowling green, made for 

 that purpose, as I have mentioned before. 



Next morning we set out with our guide and 

 several other Indians who intended to go to the 

 English and buy rum. "We designed for a nation 

 'about forty miles from Adshusheer, called the 

 lower quarter : the first night we lay in a rich po- 



